Lorrie FAIR Position: Midfielder Height: 5-3 (1.55 m) Weight: 125 (57kg) Born: August 5, 1978 in Los Altos, California Hometown: Los Altos, California College: University of North Carolina U.S. National Team: Named U.S. Soccer’s Chevrolet Youth Female Athlete of the Year in 1999 … 1999: The youngest member of the 1999 Women’s World Cup championship team, she played in four of the six games as a substitute … Played in 17 games for the USA in 1999, starting six … 1998: Had breakthrough year with the national team in 1998, playing in 15 games and starting several important matches, including both contests in the 1998 Goodwill Games … Scored first international goal of her career against New Zealand at RFK Stadium on May 30, 1998 … The daughter of a Chinese mother, she played against China in China on Jan. 21, 1998, in Guangzhou … 1997: Started all three games at defender and played all 270 minutes on the USA’s tour of Australia in early 1997 … Played nine games for the USA in 1997, starting eight … Pre-1996: Trained with the Women’s National Team in September and December camps in 1995, and earned a spot in residential training camp for the 1996 Olympic Games … Named an alternate for the ’96 Olympic Team … Played 11 games for the USA in 1996, starting two … Debuted for the national team against then-reigning Women’s World Cup champion Norway in February of 1996 … Youth National Teams: Member of the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team player pool since 1994 … A youth national team veteran, she played on the 1995, ’96, ’97 and ’98 U-20 Nordic Cup teams (in Germany in July of 1994, in Sweden in August of 1996, in Denmark in August of 1997 and in Holland in August of 1998) … Helped U-20s to Nordic Cup championship in 1997, playing every minute of all four games … College/High School: Gave up significant financial reward from winning the Women’s World Cup to play her senior season at UNC, which turned out storybook as the Tar Heels won the NCAA championship and she was named Defensive MVP of the College Cup Y Scored eight goals with 10 assists to finish fourth on the team in scoring as a senior despite being dogged by injuries … Played almost every position for the Heels during the ’99 season … Named First-Team NSCAA All-American and won the Honda Sports Award for soccer, one of the NCAA’s highest honors … A finalist for the both the MAC Award and the Hermann Trophy … Helped UNC to an undefeated regular season in 1998 and a berth in the NCAA championship game … Nominated for both the MAC Award and the Hermann Trophy in 1998 … Started all 26 games for the Heels, scoring five goals with 16 assists and was named NSCAA First-Team All-American … Helped UNC to 1997 NCAA championship, scoring eight goals with seven assists in 15 different games while playing defender and midfield … Named to the NCAA All-Tournament team and was the Defensive MVP of the Final Four … Started all 28 games for the Tar Heels and scored the tying goal in the NCAA semifinal in UNC’s 2-1 victory over Santa Clara … A First-Team All-ACC selection as a sophomore, junior and senior … Regarded by many as the top recruit in the country her freshman year, she played a major role in helping UNC to the 1996 NCAA Championship … Played in 24 games, starting 12 and picked up four assists for the Tar Heels in her freshman season … Named to the Soccer America All-Freshman Team … Named to the ACC and NCAA All-Tournament Teams … A member of the 1996, ’97, ’98 and ’99 ACC Academic Honor Roll … A two-time NSCAA and Parade All-American at Los Altos High School, leading the team to the state title in 1995 … Was her high school conferences’ top freshman, sophomore and junior player and the league MVP as a senior … Won top GPA award on high school team all four years … Ran track at Los Altos for two years, earning the team’s MVP award in 1993. Club: Played six years for the Sunnyvale Roadrunners club team with her identical twin sister, Ronnie, who played at Stanford … Led club team to the 1994 U-16 National Championship … A two-time NSCAA All-American. Personal: Full name is Lorraine Ming Fair … Likes to play grass volleyball and mountain bike … Hobbies included snowboarding, playing the piano and lounging … Favorite athletes are Michael Jordan and Paolo Maldini … When twin sister Ronnie entered the match vs. England on May 9, 1997, at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, near their hometown of Los Altos, it marked the first time sisters had played for the U.S. Women’s National Team … Majoring in Communications at UNC. First Appearance: February 4, 1996, vs. Norway. First Goal: May 30, 1998, vs. New Zealand. Julie FOUDY Position: Midfielder Height: 5-6 (1.68 m) Weight: 130 (59 kg) Born: Jan. 23, 1971, in San Diego, California Hometown: Mission Viejo, California College: Stanford University U.S. National Team: Co-captain and 12-year veteran of the U.S. Women’s National Team, she is the third most-capped player in U.S. history … Through the end of 1999, she had started 162 of the 166 games in which she appeared … 1999: A member of the 1999 Women’s World Cup championship team, she scored the second goal in the opening game against Denmark and had three assists in the tournament, including one on the first goal against Brazil in the semifinal … Played in 28 matches for the USA in 1999, tied for most on the team, and scored five goals with six assists … 1998: A fixture in the center-midfield for the USA, she scored her first career hat trick against Ukraine on Dec. 20, 1998 in Fresno, Calif. … Her six goals and seven assists in 1998 marked her highest scoring year since 1993 … A member of the gold medal winning team at the 1998 Goodwill Games … 1997: Earned her 100th cap on April 24, 1997, against France in Greensboro, N.C., one of 10 American women to have that distinction … 1996: A member of the gold medal winning team at the 1996 Olympic Games … Started and played every minute of the USA’s five matches at the =96 Olympic Games … Assisted on Shannon MacMillan’s sudden death overtime goal in the Olympic semifinal to defeat Norway … 1995: Member of the team that placed third at the 1995 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Sweden … 1994: Member of the U.S. team that won 1994 CONCACAF Qualifying Championship in Montreal, earning the USA a berth at the 1995 Women’s World Cup … Pre-1991: A starter for the USA when it captured the inaugural 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup in China, playing every minute of every game … A starter at attacking midfielder for the 1991 world champions, she played defensive midfielder on the 1995 World Cup Team and the 1996 Olympic Team … Made her first appearance with the national team in 1988 at age 17 … First traveled with the USA at age 16 … College/High School: Named to Soccer America=s College Team of the Decade for the 1990’s … Four-time NSCAA All-American at Stanford University, where she was named the 1991 Soccer America Player of the Year and the 1989 Soccer America Freshman of the Year … A 1991 and 1992 finalist for the Hermann Trophy … Finished her career at Stanford with 52 goals, 32 assists and 136 points … Named the team’s MVP for three consecutive years, 1989-91 … Winner of the Stanford Outstanding Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Athlete Award and helped lead the Cardinal to NCAA tournament playoff berths all four years … Attended Mission Viejo High School where she was a two-time First-Team All-American … Honored as the Player of the Year for Southern California three straight years (1987-1989), as well as the Los Angeles Times’ soccer player of the decade. Club: Played in Sweden in 1994 for Tyreso Football Club along with U.S. National Team teammates Michelle Akers, Mary Harvey and Kristine Lilly … Member of the Sacramento Storm, which won the 1993, 1995 and 1997 California State Amateur championship. Personal: Broke new ground with her work as an in-studio analyst for ESPN’s coverage of the 1998 World Cup, drawing rave reviews and making her a highly recognizable personality throughout the country … Earned positive reviews for her TV work from Sports Illustrated, Time and TV Guide, as well as from a slew of TV sports columnists … Did color commentary for ESPN for the 1998 and 1999 NCAA Women’s College Cups … Married Ian Sawyers in July of 1995 and did not compete in U.S. Women’s Cup =95 as she was on her honeymoon … A 1993 graduate, she earned her bachelor of science degree in biology … Was accepted into Stanford Medical School, but decided not to pursue medicine … Made a well-publicized trip to Pakistan during March of 1997 on behalf of her shoe sponsor to see for herself the business of making soccer balls and assure herself that child labor was not involved … Won the 1997 FIFA Fair Play Award for her work against child labor, the first women and first American to win the award, traveling to Paris in January 1998 to receive the honor … Favorite shampoo is “whatever Mia is using” … Favorite meal is donuts and/or anything sweet or fattening … Lists her favorite actress as Brandi Chastain …Will take over as the new president of the Women’s Sports Foundation following the 2000 Olympics … Favorite hobby is beating Brandi Chastain in golf … Lists long term goal as beating Mia Hamm in golf … List short term goal as cheating so she can beat Mia Hamm in golf … Says favorite new hobby (since beating Brandi is getting old) as finding Dr. Evil and his one million dollars … Favorite old hobby is being an LPGA groupie and screaming for Nutmeg Mallon and Beth Chicken Legs Daniel … Favorite Day of the Year is Kristine Lilly Day in Wilton, Connecticut… First Appearance: July 29, 1988, vs. France. First Goal: April 3, 1991, vs. Hungary. Kristine LILLY Position: Midfielder Height: 5-4 (1.63 m) Weight: 125 (57 kg) Born: July 22, 1971, in New York, New York Hometown: Wilton, Connecticut College: University of North Carolina U.S. National Team: The USA’s Ironwoman, she will achieve the amazing milestone of 200 caps in 2000, the first player in history, man or women, to reach that mark … Currently the U.S. Women’s National Team all-time appearance leader and third all-time leading scorer … 1999: Played every minute of all six games to help the USA win the 1999 Women’s World Cup, scoring two goals with one assist … Scored the clinching goal against Denmark in the 3-0 opening game victory in front of her hometown crowd at Giants Stadium … Made one of the biggest plays in U.S. history when she cleared a Chinese header off the goal line with her head in sudden death overtime of the Final … Nailed the crucial third penalty kick against China in the Final to put the USA ahead after China had missed their third attempt … Had her best scoring year ever in 1999 with 20 goals and eight assists (second on the team), becoming just the fourth player in history to score 20 goals in a year … Led the team in minutes played in 1999 with 2,397 … Named the MVP of U.S. Women’s Cup ’99 after being named to the All-Tournament Team at the ’95, ’96 and ’97 events … 1998: Became the most capped player in the history of the world on May 21, 1998, in Kobe, Japan, when she played in her 152nd game to pass Norway’s Heidi Stoere … In 1998, she set the U.S. record for consecutive games started with 62 … Hailed as the best flank midfielder in the world, she also saw considerable action at forward in 1998, as she scored eight goals with 11 assists, good for fourth-leading scorer on the team … A member of the gold medal winning team at the 1998 Goodwill Games … 1996: A member of the gold medal winning team at the 1996 Olympics … Played every minute of the USA’s five matches at the ’96 Olympics … 1995: Her three goals at the 1995 Women’s World Championship in Sweden tied for the team lead with Tisha Venturini and Tiffeny Milbrett … Pre-1993: Named U.S. Soccer’s 1993 Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year … As a 20-year old, she was a member of the team which won the title at the first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup in China in 1991 … Through the end of 1999, she had started an amazing 186 of the 191 games she had played for the USA, missing only eight matches during that span, and had played the full 90 minutes in an astounding 157 of those games … Through the end of 1999, the 12-year national team veteran had appeared in 88% of the games the women’s national team has played in its history … Has played over 1,000 minutes a year for the USA for seven consecutive years and is the USA’s all-time leader in minutes played … The first of 10 U.S. women to reach 100 career caps … College/High School: Named to Soccer America’s College Team of the Decade for the 1990’s … Winner of the 1991 Hermann Trophy and a finalist in 1992 … Also won the 1991 Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year Award … As a senior, she was UNC’s Athlete of the Year … Four-time First-Team NSCAA All-American, she was also a four-time First-Team All-ACC and All-South selection (1989-1992) … Had her UNC jersey number 15 retired in 1994 … Twice named the Offensive MVP of the NCAA Championship (’89, ’90), she helped lead the UNC to four NCAA titles from 1989-1992 … Completed her collegiate career with 78 goals and 41 assists … In 1991, she was a finalist for the Broderick Award as the outstanding female athlete in all of college sports, and was the second-leading scorer in the nation behind teammate Mia Hamm with 15 goals and four assists … Captained Wilton High School (Conn.) her junior and senior years, leading the team to state title as a freshman, sophomore and senior. Club: Played in 1994 for Tyreso Football Club in Sweden along with U.S. National Team teammates Michelle Akers, Julie Foudy and Mary Harvey … Played professional indoor soccer with the Washington Warthogs in the Continental Indoor Soccer League during the 1995 season … Played four matches with the Delaware Genies of the W-League during the summer of 1998, scoring five goals with two assists. Personal: Full name is Kristine Marie Lilly … Graduated from UNC with a degree in communications … Her hometown of Wilton, Conn., dedicated a day to her and honored her with a parade after she won the gold medal … Road sign entering her town reads, “Welcome to Wilton C Hometown of Olympic gold medalist Kristine Lilly” … Runs the Kristine Lilly Soccer Academy every summer in Wilton … The Wilton High School soccer field was named after her following the Women’s World Cup victory … Enjoys music, reading, movies and shopping … Has a golden retriever named Molson. First Appearance: First Appearance: Aug. 3, 1987, vs. China. First Goal: Aug. 13, 1987, vs. China. Shannon MacMILLAN Position: Midfielder Height: 5-5 (1.65 m) Weight: 130 (59 kg) Born: Oct. 7, 1974, in Syosset, N.Y. Hometown: Escondido, California College: University of Portland U.S. National Team: A key reserve on the 1999 Women’s World Cup championship team, she played in all six matches, but started just one, and in that game against North Korea led the USA to victory with a goal and two assists … Also recorded one of the biggest assists in U.S. history, driving a corner-kick for Joy Fawcett to head home for the winning goal in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinal against Germany just seconds after entering the match … Played in 26 games for the USA in 1999, scoring eight goals with 14 assists and became just the 12th player in U.S. history with 20 or more career goals … 1998: A member of the USA’s gold medal team at the 1998 Goodwill Games … 1996: Member of the USA’s gold medal winning team at the 1996 Olympics … Led the Olympic Team with three goals in their five matches, including the match-winners against Sweden and Norway … Her “Golden Goal” against Norway was one of the most important in U.S. Soccer history, putting the USA into the Olympic final and avenging the loss at the 1995 FIFA Women’s World Cup … Originally left off the roster for residential training camp leading up to the Olympics, she battled her way back onto the team and into the starting lineup … 1993: The youngest member of the U.S. Women’s National Team that won the silver medal at the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, N.Y., where she made her debut with the U.S. team … Youth National Teams: Member of the U.S. Women’s Under-20 National Team from 1993-94, winning the International Women’s Tournament in Montricoux, France in 1993 … College/High School: Winner of the 1995 Missouri Athletic Club Award and the 1995 Hermann Award as college soccer’s top player … The 1995 Soccer America Player of the Year … Won the 1995 Bill Hayward Award as Oregon’s Top Female Amateur Athlete … Finalist for the MAC Award and Hermann Trophy in 1993 and 1994 … A four-time All-American, All-Far West Region First Team and West Coast Conference selection from 1992-95 at the University of Portland … Second on the team in goals scored with 22 in 1994 behind U.S. teammate Tiffeny Milbrett … Missed four games in 1994 due to a broken bone in her left foot, had a pin inserted in the foot and returned to the starting lineup 13 days later … The 1993 and 1995 University of Portland Female Athlete of the Year … Completed her sophomore season in 1993 as the women’s NCAA Division I scoring leader with 23 goals and 12 assists while starting all 21 games … She finished her freshman year in 1992 as the highest scoring freshman in the nation and fourth leading scorer overall with 19 goals … The WCC Freshman of the Year, she was Second-Team NSCAA All-American and was voted to Soccer America’s All-Freshman Team … Attended San Pasqual High School in Escondido, Calif., where she was a three-year letter-winner … Named as the honorary captain of the San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic team. Club: Played club soccer for the La Jolla Nomads, which won the state club championship two consecutive years (1991 and 1992), winning the Western Regionals in 1991 before going on to finish second at the national championships … Played 1996 and 1997 seasons in the Japanese women’s professional league with Shiroki Serena alongside college and national team teammate Tiffeny Milbrett. Personal: Full name Shannon Ann MacMillan … Majored in social work at Portland … Currently an assistant women’s soccer coach at Portland, helping the team to the NCAA Final Four in 1998, her first year on the bench … Appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s daily Olympic issue after her goal against Norway … Received the key to city of Escondido in December of 1996 after winning her Olympic gold medal … Enjoys reading, shopping, playing board games and playing with Joy Fawcett’s two daughters. First Appearance: July 7, 1993 vs. Australia First Goal: April 17, 1994 vs. Canada. Nikki SERLENGA Position: Midfielder Height: 5-6 (1.68 m) Weight: 130 (59 kg) Born: June 20, 1978, in San Diego, California Hometown: San Diego, California College: Santa Clara University A member of the Under-20 National Team pool in 1999, she traveled with the U.S. to the Australia Cup in January of 2000, earning her first two caps and scoring her first career international goal against the Czech Republic in helping the USA win the tournament à Helped lead Santa Clara to an undefeated regular season, a season-long #1 ranking and a berth in the Final Four as a senior in 1999 à As one of the country’s most well-rounded midfielders, she helped lead Santa Clara to four consecutive Final Fours à Finished her college career with 15 goals and 28 assists in 84 matches à A two-time First-Team NSCAA All-American for the Broncos à She scored 103 career goals for San Pasqual High School. First Appearance: Jan. 7, 2000, vs. Czech Republic. First Goal: Jan. 7, 2000, vs. Czech Republic. Sara WHALEN Position: Midfielder Height: 5-6 (1.68) Weight: 130 (59 kg) Born: April 28, 1976 in Natick, Mass. Hometown: Greenlawn, N.Y. College: University of Connecticut U.S. National Team: Had a breakthrough year in 1999, playing in 18 matches while scoring two goals with three assists … A member of the 1999 Women’s World Cup championship team, she played the second most minutes of the reserves, including the entire overtime in the Women’s World Cup Final … 1998: Played in 17 games off the bench for the USA in 1998, scoring her first international goal against Iceland on May 8, 1998 … Set up winning goal against Japan in Tokyo in a 2-1 win in May of 1998 … 1997: Started all three games at outside fullback for the USA at U.S. Women’s Cup =97 … Debuted with the U.S. team on the Nike Victory Tour in April of 1997 … Joined the U.S. team in Brazil the day after UConn finished as runner-up in the 1997 NCAA Final Four and played in both matches in Spo Paulo … Pre-1996: First training camp with the national team came in Florida in January of 1995 following her freshman season at UConn … Called back to national team camp in San Diego in December of 1996 … College/High School: Named to Soccer America=s College Team of the Decade for the 1990’s … Scored both goals in the 1997 NCAA Final Four semifinal match against Notre Dame, as UConn won 2-1 to record one of the biggest upsets in NCAA women’s soccer history by defeating the previously unbeaten Irish … An NSCAA First-Team All-America in 1995, 1996 and 1997 … The NSCAA Player of the Year for 1997 … After playing sweeper her first three college seasons, she played her senior season at Connecticut at midfield and forward, scoring 21 goals with 22 assists to lead the team in scoring … Won the Honda Award for soccer in 1998, the NCAA’s highest academic/athletic honor … UConn’s Athlete of the Year for 1997 … Started every game for UConn during her career and holds the Husky career record for games played with 99 … The 1995 and 1996 Big East Defensive Player of the Year at sweeper for the Huskies … First-Team All-Big East, All-Northeast and All-New England in 1995, 1996 and 1997 … A finalist for the Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year Award in 1996 and 1997 … A finalist for the Hermann Award in 1997 … The 1997 Soccer America Player of the Year … Picked up 14 assists in 25 games as a junior from the sweeper position … Connecticut retired her #8 jersey following her senior year … All-state as a senior at Harborfields High School … Team captain and MVP as a senior, leading her team to the Long Island championship … Won four letters in basketball and three in track at Harborfields … Held school records in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes in high school … Competed in the New York state track meet in the 100 meter dash as a junior. Club: Played last three summers with the Long Island Lady Roughriders of the United Soccer Leagues= W-League. Personal: Full name is Sara Eve Whalen … An education psychology major at UConn … A member of the Dean’s list at UConn for three semesters … Appeared on the cover of Time Magazine hugging Brandi Chastain after her historic penalty kick in the Women’s World Cup Final. First Appearance: April 24, 1997 vs. France. First Goal: May 8, 1998, vs. Iceland.